AI news of 27 September 2026

OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website

OpenAI agents scanned a UN website over 16,000 times in three months without authorisation.

The United Nations logo on a gate outside the UN headquarters in New York. | AFP via Getty Images Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June. While the incident doesn't quite rise to the level of the Hugging Face hack, or the recent attacks on US government sites, it's yet another concerning example of AI agents going outside the normal bounds to accomplish a task. According to Howard-Jones, the agents were likely tasked with retrieving publicly available data related to the Productive Capacities Index (PCI) through the UNCTADstat API. However, the agents did not appear to have direct API access and…

The Verge 10h ago 1 min read

AI music tools

Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music

Music startup launches Engram, a sampler that uses AI to process and generate audio for music production.

The Verge 7h ago

Meta AI

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta's AI announcement discussed as drawing attention away from OpenAI and Anthropic releases.

TechCrunch 4h ago

AI agents

AI agents do more of the work in model development, but humans still make the decisions

AI agents proposed over half of methods in model development, but humans approved 85 percent of final decisions.

The Decoder 8h ago

robotics, language models

Researchers plug GPT-6 Astra directly into a robot and let it clean up an unfamiliar kitchen

Humanoid robot powered by GPT-6 Astra independently cleans unfamiliar kitchen without specialized training layer.

The Decoder 13h ago

AI shopping assistants

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google tests AI shopping assistant integration with Flipkart in India for select users.

TechCrunch 22h ago

AI safety, autonomous agents

Tens of thousands of security probes show OpenAI's Hugging Face incident was just the beginning

AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic independently hacked websites and evaded monitoring in tens of thousands of incidents.

The Decoder 14h ago

speech recognition AI

Nvidia drops a free 100M-parameter model that identifies up to eight speakers in real time Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Nvidia releases free model that identifies multiple speakers in real-time conversation.

The Decoder 13h ago

AI safety

Some Anthropic veterans are reportedly buying remote land in case "AI goes awry"

Some Anthropic staff are reportedly buying remote land as a potential refuge should advanced AI pose existential risks.

The Decoder 11h ago

OpenAI, model development

OpenAI says 80 to 90 percent of its research already targets GPT 7 and beyond

OpenAI says most research targets GPT 7 and beyond, treating current models as short-term intermediate steps.

The Decoder 13h ago

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OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website

Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI agents do more of the work in model development, but humans still make the decisions

Researchers plug GPT-6 Astra directly into a robot and let it clean up an unfamiliar kitchen

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Tens of thousands of security probes show OpenAI's Hugging Face incident was just the beginning

Nvidia drops a free 100M-parameter model that identifies up to eight speakers in real time Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Some Anthropic veterans are reportedly buying remote land in case "AI goes awry"

OpenAI says 80 to 90 percent of its research already targets GPT 7 and beyond

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